Feedback: Props to Bentivolio for being tough on IRS

July 28, 2014

As the chief congressional watchdog and leader of the investigation into alleged wrongful targeting of Americans by the IRS and potential criminal misconduct by former IRS employee Lois Lerner, I can say with some authority that Rep. Kerry Bentivolio, R-Milford, has played an essential role in the yearlong investigation and effort to hold officials responsible.

Kerry has vigorously sought the truth about the IRS targeting scandal and about Lerner’s role. When it counted most, he has been there for me, and you, on the tough votes we’ve faced, including the committee vote to advance the contempt resolution against Lerner — a vote that followed intense and often heated efforts by committee Democrats to sidetrack hearings.

It has been suggested that Kerry Bentivolio hasn’t been there for conservatives on the IRS scandal and Lerner contempt, and that is an attempt to mislead voters. It simply isn’t true. Kerry is one of our most valuable and reliable members. I know I can count on him to be there with thoughtful questions and to contribute meaningfully to our ongoing efforts to shine a spotlight on government so that the American people can collectively hold it accountable.